Opening of Turf Wicket, 23 August, 4.00 pm

Majeediyya and Dharumavantha - Joint Champs of Anchor Trophy

The Anchor Cricket Trophy which began on 8 August 2007, ended with a thrilling final match between Majeediyya and Dharumavantha on Saturday. The final match of the inter-school tournament ended in a draw with both teams tying at 146 runs.

Dharumavantha sent in Majeediyya to bat after winning the toss. Majeediyya made 146 for 5 in 20 overs. Mifthah made 47 and Hassan Ibrahim made 32 runs. Tournament's to player Dharumavantha School's Mihusan Hamid took 2 for 30 runs. In reply Dharumavantha made 146 for 7 wickets in 20 overs. Jilwaz Rasheed made 48 runs and Ahmed Evan made 24 runs. Salman Zaki took 3 wkts for 22 and Hassan Ibrahim 2 for 15. Hassan Ibrahim was adjudged second best player of the tournament, follwoed by Jilwaz Rasheed who came third.

17 teams competed in 3 categories in this tournament sponsored by Anchor Milk.

Anchor Cricket Trophy

The Anchor Cricket Trophy will begin on 8 August 2007 at the Cricket Ground. The tournament is being sponsored by Anchor, one of the top milk products in the country. The tournament is played between school teams that form part of the CCBM youth development programme. Teams will be competing in three different categories. The YDP Beginners will feature 6 teams, YDP Juniors will feature 8 teams and the YDP Seniors will feature 3 teams. The Junior and Senior tournament will be hardball cricket while the beginners will play softball cricket. YDP beginners and juniors will represent CCBM teams in the tournament with each team named after an Anchor product. Majeediyya School, Dharumavantha School and Muhyiddin School will compete in the senior category. The final matches of each category will be played on 18 August 2007.

CCBM wishes to thank Anchor for sponsoring the tournament and supporting Maldives Cricket, especially junior/youth development. CCBM also thanks all the teams and players taking part in the tournament and wish them all the best.

RIFA Cup 2007

The 2007 edition of RIFA Cup will begin on 26 July 2007. The tape ball cricket tournament is played each year in memory of young cricketer Rifa Abbas. 18 teams are taking part in this year's tournament. The tournament features a number of expatraite teams. The tournament will be played over 3 days. The 18 teams have been assigned to 6 groups for round robin matches after which a super league will be played between the winners of each group.

Playing conditions

- First round all matches will be 5 overs (max 1 over per bowler).
- Second round will be 8 overs (2 overs max per bowler).
- Each wide / no ball 4 runs - through out the tournament.
- If last ball of the over is a wide, extra ball should be bowled.
- Each win 3 points, draw or abondon each 1 point.
- If two teams equal in first round, net run rate will be applied to decide winner.
- Match might have to continue in the rain, any stoppage will be at the umpire's descretion.

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Fragata Triangular Cricket Cup

Cricket control board is introducing its first ever inter resort cricket tournament on 5 July 2007. This is an initiative by the board and has being well endorsed by our private sector partners with a high level of sponsorship. We congratulate the sponsors of the first inter resort triangular cricket tournament. STO Peoples Choice Supermarket has sponsored the tournament. So the first resort tournament is played under their product name ‘Fragata’. We are grateful to the sponsors for their commitment in the development of the sport and their partnership with Maldives Cricket to market their product.

Several number of resorts are now expressing their interest in participating in this tournament. As this is the first time we are having such an event, the Board decided to launch with a small event. Therefore we invited three resorts who has been in contact with the Board and who conducted cricket activities in the resort. They are Meeru, Sovena Gili and Taj Coral. On behalf of CCBM I congratulate these teams for participating in the tournament. In these resorts tournaments are held for their staff and one resort has developed cricket infrastructure like practice turf for their staff.

Even though we could not invite more resorts to participate in this tournament we will be happy to invite those resorts who want to be part of next year’s tournament to register themselves with the board. Then we can start communicating with such resorts and we can make next year’s tournament grander.

We had our launching of the 1st triangular cricket tournament with the complementary support of Sovena Gili resort and our sponsors. I thank Soneva Gili for the initiative and the support.

Enjoy cricket and make it a part of your life style. We are there to expand the game in the wider community. The game of cricket is truly Asian. So be part of it, join us and make this year’s tournament memorable. We invite enthusiastic resorts to be part of next years tournament to make cricket more wider in the Maldives with your greater participation.

Ahmed Hassan Didi

ICC Annual Conference

The ICC announced on 29 June the outcomes from its week of meetings at Lord's, including Friday's annual conference. Go here for major decisions and changes proposed for ICC Playing Conditions.

Fragata Resort Cricket

The first inter-resort cricket tournament will take place on 5th July at the Cricket Ground. Three teams are taking part in this tournament sponsored by "Fragata". The tournament was launched at Soneva Gili resort on 25 June 2007.

The tournament is a tape-ball tournament with one round of matches, and the top two teams playing in the final. Each match will consist of 15 overs.

Match schedule

M1:Soneva Gili vs Meeru Island Resort (time 08:30 – 10:30)
M2: Taj coral vs Meeru island Resort (time 11:00 – 13:00)
M3: Soneva Gili vs Taj Coral (time 13:30 – 15:30)
M4: Final Match (time 16:15 – 18:15)